atmosphere a lot of fun, hopefully you can play a lot more of them. >> the orioles lost 7-2 totheyankees. thatis a quick look all the sports, have a great monday everybody. >>> wanted to let you know, metro bus and metro rail are running on a saturday schedule for columbus day holiday. i'll be back with more traffic coming up in my next report at 5:31. you are watching 9news now, stay with us. >>> welcome back. i'm jessica doyle in for andrea roane on this mop morning. >> thanks for joining us, i'm mike haiduk. mr. bernstein starts it off, grab the coat. >> reporter: temperatures in the 30s and 40s this morning. and with clouds returning shortly, i know the clouds will come back. temperatures are not going to move much today. low to mid-50s. we'll start out with the day planner. weather graphics please if we can, you'll see the temperatures in the low 50s by noon, cloudy skies. with a few showers this afternoon. high temperature 54. just to let you know the average high still about 70, 71. showers yesterday afternoon, early evening pulled away, we have clearing overnight, another batch

not have the store power oftheyankees, butthey do have the same never say die attitude. that might come in handy tonight in new york. birds also facing elimination. first pitch for game four is at 7:37 p.m. yankees wouldn't quit last night. it led them to a wild walkoff victory. going to take you to the yankees stadium. the sign says welcome, but the os not feeling it. alex rodriguez in the dugout. ibanez, turns out to be a good move by manager joe girardi. ibanez going yard. yankee stadiums erupts. buck showalter not liking it. we're heading to extras. bottom 12, raul at the dish again. he's at it again. crushes it. home run to right again. this one the walkoff variety. and the yankees win 3-2. ibanez is the hero. sitting a-rod paid dividends for manager joe girardi. >> i had a gut feeling. talked in the pregame talking about a pinch-hitter, a low ball hitter in a sense, and a low ball pitcher. i just kind of had a gut feeling. >> what's the mind-set of your guys after last night? >> to win. win a game. i feel good about where they are mentally. not the first time they've had a challen

. >>> baltimore fans are hoping for some redemption tonight in their first play-off game. they fell totheyankeesaftera rain delay, and a very close game. news4's carol maloney has a preview of game two. >> reporter: hello from camden yard in baltimore. game one here last night, the os versus the yankees. a tied game going into the ninth inning. but new york forced five runs in the final inning and win the game 7-2 to game a one game to none lead in the lads. birds are still hopeful despite the crazy coincidence. the last time the orioles were in the play-offs 15 years ago, they were knocked out of that series by andy petit and the yankees. and guess who's on the mound tonight for the yankees, andy pettitte. he only happens to be the winningest pitcher in postseason history. the birds are going with a lefty who is also a rookie and has no play-off postseason experience. just like last night for the nationals, the birds hope a rookie comes through for them. in solution, it was tyler moore's term to shine, moore with the clutch hit in the eighth inning. the nats take game one. dan hellie is there

not celebrating this morning. the o's fell totheyankeeslastnight in the first game of the american league division series. game was tied at 2 in the ninth when the yankees scored six runs. final score was 8-2. the game started more than 2 1/2 hours late because of rain. this was the first postseason game played in baltimore in 15 years. >>> this morning the redskins latest loss may not be fans' biggest concern. their attention is on quarterback robert griffin iii's health. he suffered a mild concussion in the team's 24-17 loss to the falcons yesterday. rg3 was hurt on this play in the third quarter. the falcons sean weatherspoon decked him. griffin left the game and never came back. head coach mike shanahan says rg3 was so woozy after the hit he didn't know the score or what quarter it was. >> at that time, he wasn't really sure what the score was, and we knew he had a mild concussion, at least according to the doctors. feels good right now, a lot better right now. but that was the situation, why he didn't go back into the game. >> fellow rookie kirk cousins finished the game at quarterba

. meanwhile, up the road, the orioles are trying to get things evened out withtheyankees. carolmaloney is up in camden yard where game two is still a couple of hours away. carol? >> reporter: hey, jim. yeah, it's starting to buzz around here. they opened up the doors and the fans are rushing in. first pitch isn't until 8:07. os and yankees, game two of the alds. the os trying to rebound after the loss last night. the washington nationals are back at it in st. louis we speak. game two versus the cardinals, up-and-down affair already. let's go to busch stadium and see how they're doing. nats trying to extend the the alds. top second, no score. jordan zimmermann, runners on first and second. zimmermann looped to right field. ian desmond to the third. bottom two, zimmerman on the mound, the results not as good as at the plate. two on. the single to right. molina comes home. the cardinals go up 2-1. they lead 5-1 in the fourth inning. >>> dan hellie is in st. louis. he will have a full report tonight on news4 at 11:00. meantime, chris cooley is stand big in the studios there in d.c. he's go

their first playoff game in 15 years last night, falling 7-2.theyankeesscoredfour runs in the ninth inning to break a 2-2 tie. >>> today mitt romney will deliver a major foreign policy speech in lexington. the speech called the mantel of leadership is the republican's tenth address on foreign policy since december of 2011. according to early exsercerpts today's speech, the former massachusetts governor will criticize the president's passive leadership in the middle east saying, "i know the president hopes for a safer, freer, and more prosperous middle east allied with the united states. i share this hope, but hope is not a strategy. we cannot support our friends and defeat our enemies in the middle east when our words are not backed up by deeds." >> today president obama will wrap up his two-day fund-raising trip in california. he will announce the establishment. caesar chavez national monument. yesterday the president spoke at a fund-raising concert. he poked a little fun at himself as well and his recent debate performance. >> everybody here is incredible professional, they're such great

andtheyankees. that'sstill ahead in game on overtime. >> among the 47,000 fans packing busch stadium in st. louis were a group of vocal nats fans. dave owens is in st. louis tonight with that story. >> hey, here i am at busch stadium, looking around for a nats fan, and i think i found that gay, one guy. meet steven clark of northwest d.c. boy is he a long way from home. 47,000 fans, and i just happened to find the one brave enough to rock the occurly w. >> and they proud of that. >>'s big man. >> i have family here. >> but he's a big man on an island. >> it's lonely here. >> tough territory. enduring cardinals cheers. and fans jeers. >> how are you going get outta here alive. >> i don't know. i'm gonna follow you. >> is it looked bleak, but finally after three hours -- >> look at the game baby! >> i guess we can call him nats- strodamus. an opening series win, and, heck, clark says he might just stick around for monday's tilt. i guess we know who will be calling in sick. in st. louis, dave owens, 9sports. >> the redskins and nationals were not the only professional teams in the area with b

baltimore is playingtheyankeesingame two of their series, could be problems more tonight. showers tonight down in the 40s, some 30s north and west but nothing frozen. an early shower south and east tomorrow. sunshine in the afternoon. 5 to maybe 60. wednesday looking very, very nice. by thursday upper 60s. friday slight chance of a shower and the weekend looks all right. 70 saturday, 76 on sunday. >>> here comes monika samtani with timesaver traffic, police activity continues on the northbound side of georgia avenue inside the beltway. the actual activity is atwood land and flora. watch out if that, especially if you are traveling through silver spring toward the beltway. we'll take a live look at the beltway itself. the activity is up ahead of this point before you get to the beltway, scoot over to the left to get around that activity. let's go back over to our maps and head over to the other side of town. looking great columbus day no problems out of frederick. west side of town no delays here at wells. back with more. >>> how about another look at the question of the day? accor

dropped game one againsttheyankeeslastnight or this morning due to rain delay. the game didn't end until after midnight. back at it tonight in game two trying to even it up in front of the home crowd, bottom of the 3rd, o's down 1-0. chris davis with the bases loaded delivers off andy pettitte base hit to right, brings in two runs. 7th inning and the orioles lead the yankees 3-2. we will monitor this. >>> when we return, the status of robert griffin, iii a day after suffering a concussion against the falcons. stay with us. [ male announcer ] who will raise taxes on the middle class? according to an independent, non-partisan study, barack obama and the liberals will raise taxes on the middle class by $4,000. the same organization says the plan from mitt romney and common sense conservatives is "not a tax hike on the middle class." want proof? read the non-partisan study for yourself at american.com. obama and his liberal allies? we can't afford four more years. i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >>> a day removed from being knocked out of the game with a concussion, robert

. the birds went toe to toe withtheyankeesuntilthe end. the nats's jim johnson gave up five runs and the game. the orioles say this is where that short-term memory comes into play. >> it was one game and we all came back with not much of a memory of what happened last night and ready to get a win today. >> we've had tough losses a lot this year. you know, the peeks and valleys. obviously the sense of urgency changes a little bit because of the series. and our guys know that. >> of course, they go at it again tonight. redskins fans worse fears came true on sunday when robert griffin, iii, was hurt. plenty of cringe worthy moments, but none that knocked him out of the game like this one. it was a hit by sean weatherspoon. it left rg3 with a mild concussion. he sat out of practice today after undergoing several tests. according to teammates, he seemed in good spirits today. >> any time anybody has a head injury, you never know how they are feeling. so i'll be ready to go. i haven't talked to other coaches or haven't talked to anybody, so i always prepare and we'll see what happe

on rg3's status and highlights from theoriolesyankeescomingup in about 15 minutes. allison? >>> less than a month to go before the election, and the focus is once again on foreign policy. today republican nominee mitt romney will be back in the commonwealth where he'll delivery an address at the virginia military institute. meanwhile, the president is in california. >> reporter: election day is four weeks from tomorrow. look at some of the polls. within the margin of error in this poll in four key swing states, including a state that will get a lot of attention today, and that is virginia. the president made a return appearance to california last night. not because the state is in play this year, but because hollywood has heavy hitters with deep pockets. >> the last thing we can afford right now is four years of the very same policies that led us to this crisis in the first place. i cannot allow that to happen. i will not let it happen. >> reporter: mitt romney, meantime, prepares to pivot to foreign policy today. that's what an upcoming debate will focus on, and it may be an effort

, the o's-yankees game was delayed by rain. it was cold and it was damp around here. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell's here now. the rest of the work week looking any better, chuck? >> a little better there. baseball fever just to stay warm tomorrow morning. it's going to be our coldest start since late april here in the nation's capital. temperature already down to 49 degrees as of midnight. that's the first time we've been below 50 at national airport since april the 28th. no more rain left on storm 4 radar. frost and freeze advisories out now just to the west of winchester, virginia into the mountains of west virginia. so do expect it to be cold. not every school is closed tomorrow. so the bus stop forecast, 38 to 45 degrees. quite chilly. a few breaks of sunshine early tomorrow, but more drops ahead, and a little bit of a warm-up, too. all of that coming up. jim? >> thank you, chuck. >>> a developing story in bladensburg tonight. a man recovering after being shot by police. officers were called to the 3500 block of 55th avenue after a woman reported being threatened. pol

friends to the north. the orioles also faced elimination against theyankyankees. itwas tied in the 13th when jahi jahi hard -- j. j. hardy hit the game winning run. >>> turning to politics now and last night's debate between congressman paul ryan and vice president joe biden. it was heated at times. let's get more from sherry ly. >> reporter: this ones with a doozy. the vice president really clashed with his republican rival, paul ryan. the two candidates interrupted each other in a 90-minute debate that was as fiery and contentious every minute from start to finish. the vice president and the gop nominee presenting different viewpoints. >> can you cut tax rates by 20% and still preserve these important preferences for middle class taxpayers. >> not mathematically possible. >> it is. >> reporter: biden and ryan also challenging each other over foreign policy. >> the president of the united states has led with a steady hand and clear vision. governor romney, the opposite. the last thing we need now is another war. >> what we he unraveling of the obama policy. >> reporter: the two sparri

between the oriolesandyankeesundera rain delay for some time. the orioles fall 7-2. game two is tonight. first pitch is 8:07. pitch is >>> a tough loss in more ways than one for the washington redskins. they got beat by the falcons 24- 17 and, of course, star quarterback robert griffin iii left the game with an injury. it happened in the middle of the third quarter with the game tied at seven. griffin rolled to his

. >> you want little scary eyeballs. >> there's a baseballtheme.yankeesversusthe red sox helping you out. >> jason varitek from the red sox and at the end of the episode tomorrow, there's a big surprise ending. >> very big. >> you have to tune in to find out. >> ladies, it's great. thanks so much. katherine and sophie, thank you. >> do some quality control over here. thanks, ladies. coming up, kathie lee and hoda after your local news and weather. >> thank you. >>> good morning. it's 9:57 on this monday, october 8th. this morning, mitt romney will deliver a major foreign policy speech. in the past, the republican has been critical of the president's policies on israel, iran and libya. virginia continues to play a huge role in the race to the white house. first lady michelle obama will be in loudon county, tomorrow. >>> now, let's get a check on the forecast with our meteorologist veronica johnson. >> we've moved up to 50 degrees now. it's cloudy. there's a few sprinkles already. it's showers from now right through your afternoon and eving. it will continue to overspread the area. we'